The FOAM study: is Hysterosalpingo foam sonography (HyFoSy) a cost-effective alternative for hysterosalpingography (HSG) in assessing tubal patency in subfertile women? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Joukje van Rijswijk (Author), Nienke van Welie (Author), Kim Dreyer (Author), Machiel H. A. van Hooff (Author), Jan Peter de Bruin (Author), Harold R. Verhoeve (Author), Femke Mol (Author), Kimiko A. Kleiman-Broeze (Author), Maaike A. F. Traas (Author), Guido J. J. M. Muijsers (Author), Arentje P. Manger (Author), Judith Gianotten (Author), Cornelia H. de Koning (Author), Aafke M. H. Koning (Author), Neriman Bayram (Author), David P. van der Ham (Author), Francisca P. J. M. Vrouenraets (Author), Michaela Kalafusova (Author), Bob I. G. van de Laar (Author), Jeroen Kaijser (Author), Miriam F. van Oostwaard (Author), Wouter J. Meijer (Author), Frank J. M. Broekmans (Author), Olivier Valkenburg (Author), Lucy F. van der Voet (Author), Jeroen van Disseldorp (Author), Marieke J. Lambers (Author), Henrike E. Peters (Author), Marit C. I. Lier (Author), Cornelis B. Lambalk (Author), Madelon van Wely (Author), Patrick M. M. Bossuyt (Author), Jaap Stoker (Author), Fulco van der Veen (Author), Ben W. J. Mol (Author), Velja Mijatovic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tubal pathology is a causative factor in 20% of subfertile couples. Traditionally, tubal testing during fertility work-up is performed by hysterosalpingography (HSG). Hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) is a new technique that is thought to have comparable accuracy as HSG, w...